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Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world\u2019s greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon\u2019s story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world\u2019s most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them \u2013 the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

GOTHAM is an origin story of the great DC Comics super villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (\u201cThe Mentalist,\u201d \u201cRome\u201d), GOTHAM follows one cop\u2019s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

Growing up in Gotham City\u2019s surrounding suburbs, JAMES GORDON (Ben McKenzie, \u201cSouthland,\u201d \u201cThe O.C.\u201d) romanticized the city as a glamorous and exciting metropolis where his late father once served as a successful district attorney. Now, two weeks into his new job as a Gotham City detective and engaged to his beloved fianc\xe9e, BARBARA KEAN (Erin Richards, \u201cOpen Grave,\u201d \u201cBreaking In\u201d), Gordon is living his dream \u2013 even as he hopes to restore the city back to the pure version he remembers it was as a kid.\n